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Uniqueness seeking and demand estimation in the German automobile industry

Guerzoni, Marco; Soellner, René - 2009

This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of...

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Regional dynamics of innovation investigating the co-evolution of patents, R&D, and employment

Bürger, Matthias; Brökel, Tom; Coad, Alexander - 2009

We investigate the lead-lag relationship between growth of patent applications, growth of R&D, and growth of total sectoral employment for 270 German labour market regions over the period 1999-2005. Our unique panel dataset includes information on four two-digit industries, namely Chemistry,...

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The shadows of the past : how implicit institutions influence entrepreneurship

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; … - 2009

influence on risk attitudes and opportunity recognition. We conduct a natural experiment based on Germany’s recent history and … compare individuals born and raised in the former socialist East Germany (GDR) with their West Germany (FRG) counterparts. Our … analysis confirms the expected difference in values between individuals from East and West Germany and also shows that these …

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The effects of knowledge management on innovative success : an empirical analysis of German firms

Cantner, Uwe; Joel, Kristin; Schmidt, Tobias - 2009

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effects of knowledge management on the innovation success of firms in Germany …

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Approaching the agora : determinants of scientists´ intentions to purse academic entrepreneurship

Göthner, Maximilian; Obschonka, Martin; Silbereisen, … - 2009

This study investigates predictors of scientists’ intentions to commercialize their research through business founding. Analyzing a cross-sectional sample of 496 German scientists, we develop and test an intentions-based model of academic entrepreneurship combining personal and contextual...

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors and their effect on regional employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2009

We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...

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University patenting in Germany before and after 2002 : what role did the professors' privilege play?

Ledebur, Sidonia von; Bünstorf, Guido; Hummel, Martin - 2009

; Germany …

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Are more start-ups really better? : quantity and quality of new businesses and their effect on regional development

Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - 2009

Empirical analyses suggest that the employment creating effect of start-ups is highest in regions with a low level of new business formation and that an increase in the regional start-up rate beyond a certain level may lead to negative employment effect. In explaining these results, we assume...

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The performance of gatekeepers in innovator networks

Graf, Holger; Krüger, Jens - 2009

We investigate the impact of actors' positions within regional innovator networks on their innovative performance. The networks of four selected regions are based on information on patent applicants and inventors. Count data regressions show positive effects on innovation of both the total...

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Inventor networks in emerging key technologies : information technology vs. semiconductors

Graf, Holger - 2009

We analyze the development of the German knowledge base measured by co-classifications of patents by German inventors and relate this technological development to changes in the structure of the underlying inventor networks. Our central hypothesis states that technologies which become more...

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